The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Important talents in their hands are about to be lost, and the Wizards are actually very anxious, but it is useless to be anxious.

The Wizards are currently a championship team, and these four players whose contracts are about to expire are all important territories in the team. If they are traded, they must be exchanged for all valuable chips, otherwise it will weaken the team in disguise.

But the point is, why do other teams spend a lot of money to replace rookies before their contracts expire?

After joining the trade, the players were not satisfied with the team, refused to sign with the team during the offseason, and turned to other teams. Wouldn't that be chicken and egg?

Even with restricted free agency, it's a risky decision.

After all, knowing that the Wizards can't keep everyone, why don't they offer generous offers to these players during the offseason, but insist on bloodletting themselves and take risks half a season in advance?

Among the four whose contracts are about to expire, only Kawhi Leonard has the possibility of making other teams willing to take such a risk. After all, with the talent that Leonard has shown so far, he definitely has the potential to not lose to Curry. potential.

As for Thompson, Butler and Green, although they are all excellent, they can only become All-Star players.

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In order to ensure the competitiveness of winning the championship, the Wizards have to keep these players, even if other teams will swarm in next season like sharks smelling blood.

Wang Xiao is also one of the sharks.

He has only one goal, Klay Thompson.

At present, the biggest shortcoming of the Bucks is the lack of three-point shooting ability. Although Oladipo, Middleton, Knight and others all have certain three-point shooting ability, they are far from enough to serve as deterrent weapons for Antetokounmpo. Make enough breakout space.

Wang Xiao needs a shooter who is accurate enough to scare opponents.

Thompson is without a doubt the best fit.

Thompson has always been synonymous with stability and precision not losing to Curry. Throughout his career, Thompson's three-point shooting percentage has never been lower than 40%, and his height of 2.01 meters is in the position of guard most of the time. Plays off the ball and defends well.

It can be said that Thompson is a player that any team is eager for, and the Wizards are no exception.

It's a pity that although they value Thompson very much, it is absolutely impossible to let Leonard go.

Thompson is an excellent puzzle piece in a strong team, but Leonard is a superstar who can completely change a team.

Even if the Wizards already have Curry, there is no reason to give up another superstar.

Wang Xiao is more than 80% sure that the Wizards will give up Thompson this summer and choose to renew Leonard's contract with a maximum salary.

After all, this is equivalent to choosing one between Kobe and Ray Allen, and most people know how to choose.

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These are all things to consider in the summer of 2015. It is still 2014, and of course 2015 is coming soon.

After the Christmas War, the Bucks played three games on December 27, December 29 and December 31, against the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers respectively. The team won all and ended the last month of 2014 with a wave of three consecutive victories.

The entire 14 years is only one-third of the schedule of the 14-15 season, and the first half of the next 15 years is the key to the league's teams hitting the playoffs.

In addition, the first round of voting for the All-Star weekend of the 14-15 season will also start at the end of December.

The All-Star Weekend voting basically has nothing to do with the Bucks.

The most popular player on the team is Oladipo, who averaged 16 points per game, but he only ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference guards in the first round of voting. Not a little bit.

As for Antetokounmpo, Antetokounmpo couldn't even make the top ten in the forward voting. The forward lineup in the East is too strong. James, Anthony, Leonard, George... don't give any rhythm to survive. .

Although it is only the first round of voting, it is basically certain that the Bucks are all out.

But for the rookie challenge, the Bucks have many people confirmed to play.

Second-year rookies Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, and first-year rookies Jokic will all participate in the Rookie Challenge.

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In early January, the performance of the Bucks continued to rise steadily.

On January 2, they defeated the Knicks in an away game. On January 4, they beat the Suns at home and won five consecutive victories. Although they lost consecutively to the Bulls and 76ers, they won victories against the Timberwolves and Jazz.

Throughout the 14 games in January, the Bucks achieved a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, with a total record of 29 wins and 18 losses, with a winning percentage of 61.7%.

Relying on this winning percentage, the Bucks have been firmly in the fifth position in the Eastern Conference, and they are only 3 games away from the Atlanta Hawks, which is ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

At this time, people are not particularly surprised, or they are already a little numb.

According to the current record of the Bucks, they have basically locked up the place for the playoffs. Now they are more interested in what kind of performance the Bucks will have when they enter the playoffs.

When Wang Xiao coached the Wizards for the first time, he led the Wizards to the second round and lost a few games against the Celtics.

That Wizards team still had Curry, Harden and other players.

Can this Bucks team reach the height of the Wizards at that time? And in this team, will there be superstars at the level of Curry and Harden?

No matter how curious people are about these things, at least there is no way to know them now. They can only wait until a few years later. After thinking back to those years, they sigh from the bottom of their hearts. Wang Xiao is a real NB, and he has discovered so many superstars .

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As time came to February, the All-Star Weekend was also held as scheduled. The All-Star Weekend was jointly organized by the Knicks and the Nets. The All-Star Game will be held at Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks. Challenge, three-point contest, slam dunk contest and other events are held at the Barclays Center, home of the Nets.

Wang Xiao did not attend the All-Star Weekend. After participating a few times, he has completely lost interest in the All-Star Weekend. In fact, the All-Star Weekend basically goes downhill every year, and the ratings are not as good as each year. The competition system has also been changed again and again.

Like the rookie challenge, the slam dunk contest has tried various reforms. For example, the rookie challenge changed from the confrontation between the first and second graders to the Shaq team and the Barkley team, and then changed to this year's confrontation between the US team and the international team. The slam dunk contest The idea of ​​confrontation between the East and the West was also used, but with little success.

The players are willing to participate in order to gain more and higher popularity, but Wang Xiao, as the coach, went there only as a soy sauce role, so why not take advantage of the rare vacation to rest comfortably at home for two days, And taking advantage of the two days of the All-Star Weekend, he also has time to make some plans and arrangements for the future.